[Python-Dev] deprecate commands.getstatus()

[Guido van Rossum]

On 3/22/07, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > Sure. os.fork() and the os.exec*() family can stay. But os.spawn*(),
> > that abomination invented by Microsoft? I also hear no opposition
> > against killign os.system() and os.popen()
>
> Except that 'os.system' is really easy to use and I use it rarely enough
> that I *always* have to RTFM for subprocess which makes you jump through
> a few more (albeit simple) hoops.

So let's add subprocess.system() which takes care of the hoops (but
still allows you more flexibility through optional keyword
parameters).

> Additionally, AFAIK subprocess is still broken for py2exe'd applications
> which is a problem.

That doesn't sound like an API design concern -- it's a bug that just
needs to be fixed somewhere.

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